Mormon ki Pustak ki Aaanewaala
Etihaasik tathy aur Mormon ki Pustak ke vishesh gavaah is baat ki gavaahi dete hain ki iska aage aana vaastav mein chamatkaaritha.
Ek avsar par Girjaghar ke elderon ke saath baithak karte hue, Profat Joseph Smith ne ghoshna ki: “Mormon ki Pustak, aur rahasyodghaatan ko dur karen aur hamara dharm kaha hai? Hamare paas koi nahi hai.”1 Mere pyaari bhaaiyo aur bahanon, Pahela Drishti (First Vision) ke baad, Mormon ki Pustak ka chamatkaari hissa is yu’g me Ishu Masih susamaachaar ki Punahsthaapna ko saamne laane ka dusra ki pragati ka mahatvapurn soochak hai. Mormon ki Pustak apne bachchon aur Parmeshwar aur Ishu Masih ke liye Prabhu ke pyaar ki gawahi deta hai hamaare vishwaas ka kone ka pathar swaye aur Unke sabse jyaada mahatvapurn ke turant baad Nephites ke beech Unke Punarujiwan.2 Yeh bhi gawahi deta hai ki Israel ke ghar ke avashesh Uske antim-dinon ke kaam ke maadhyam se ek ho gae hai aur unhe hamesha ke liye band nahin kiya jaata hai.3
Jaisa ki hum in baad ke dinon me pavitrashaastr ki is pavitr pustak ke aane vaale samay ka adhyayan karte hai, hamen ehsaas hai ki pura upkram chamatkaari tha-Profat Joseph ne “Parmeshwar ka uphaar aur shakti,”4,” iske sanrakshan ke dwara ek pavitr paree se iske anuwaad ke liye sone ki pleten praapt ki, aur Prabhu ke haath se prakaashan.
Joseph Smith ne swargdut Moroni ke haathon se sone ki pleten milne se bahut pahale Mormon ki Pustak ki shuruaat hui. Puraane pavitr bhavishyvaktaon ne hamare din me is pavitr pustak ke aane ke baare me bhavishyavaani ki hai.5 Isaiah ne ek moharband kitaab ki baat kahi, ki jab yah prakat hoga ki log Parmeshwar ke vachan ke viruddh honge. Yah paristhiti us sandarbh ko pradaan karegi jisme Parmeshwar Apna kaarye kar sakta hai inke saath adhbhut kaam vaarn aati adhubhut aur achambhe ka kaamm karungaa, tab in[ki] bhudhimaano ki bhudhi nasht hogi aur inke pravino [ki] pravintaa jaati rahegi “narm log Prabhu ke karan fir ananddit honge, aur daridr manushye ke Holy One of Israel ke karan magan honge.”6 Ezekiel ne Judah (Baibal ka) ki chhadi aur Ephraim (Mormon ki Pustak) ki chhadi ko ek saath laane ke baare me baat ki. Ezeliel (Puraane Niyam me) aur Lehi (Mormon ki Pustak me) donon sanket dete hai ki weh jhoothe siddhaant ko swikaar karne, shaanti sthaapit karne aur hamen vaachan ke gyaan ke liye “ek saath” viksit karenge.7
21 September, 1823 ki shaam ko, Pahela Drishti(First Vision) ka anubhav karane ke saadhe teen saal baad, Joseph ne devdut Moroni se theen samay mulaakaat evdut Moroni se mile the, praacheen Amerika me Nephites ke antim profat, uski prarthanaon ke parinaamasvarup se. Unki yaatraon ke dauraan jo raat ke maadhyam se chali, Moroni ne Joseph ko bataaya ki Parmeshwar ne use pura karne ke liye ek adbhut kaam diya hai- America ki mahaadveep ke prerit praacheen nabiyon ke shabdon ka duniya me anuwaad aur prakaashan.8 Agle din, Joseph apne ghar se bahut dur nahin, balki us jagah par gaya, jahaan pleton pahale Moroni ne apne jiwan ke ant me daphan kiye the. Waha, Joseph ne fir se Moroni ko dekha, jisne use bhavishy me pleton praapt karne ke liye taeyaar karne ka nirdesh diya.
Agle chaar varshon me, pratyek varsh 22 September ko, Joseph ne Moroni se atirikt nirdesh praapt kiye ki kis prakaar Prabhu ke raajy ko baad ke dinon me shaasit kiya jae. Joseph ki taeyaari me Parmeshwar ke devdut ke daure bhi shaamil the, is prakaar un ghatanaon ki mahima aur mahima ko ujaagar kiya gaya jo is vivaad me ghatit hongi.9
1827 me Emma Hale se unki shaadi ussi taeyaari ka hissa thi. Unhonne apne pure jiwan aur mantraalay me Profat ki madad karne me mahatvapurn bhoomika nibhai. Vaastav me, September 1827 me, Emma Joseph ke saath pahaadi par gai, aur usne uska intajaar kiya kyunki devdut Moroni ne Joseph ke haathon me rikord diya. Joseph ko yah vachan mila ki agar unhen Moroni ke haathon me lautaaya jae to unhen surakshit rakhne ke liye unke sabhi prayaason ko samarpit karne ke liye pleton ko sanrakshit kiya jaega.10
Susamaachaar mein mere priye saathi, aadhunik samay me praacheen cheejon ki khoj.ya yahaan tak ki ek nirmaan pariyojna ke dauraan durghatna se bhi hoti hai. Haalaanki, Joseph Smith ko ek devdut dwara pleton ke liye nirdeshit kiya gaya tha. Wah parinaam apne aap me ek chamatkaar tha.
Mormon ki Pustak ke anuvaad ki prakriya bhi ek chamatkaar thi. Yah pavitr praachin rikord paaramparik tarike se “anuvaadit” nahin tha ki vidvaan praacheen bhaasha sikh kar praacheen granthon ka anuwaad karenge. Hamen is prakriya ko adhik “prakatikaran” ki tarah dekhna jo ki Prabhu dwara pradaan kiye gae bhautik saadhanon ki sahaayata se bhaashaon ke gyaan ke saath ek “anuvaad” ke vipareet hai. Joseph Smith ne ghoshna ki ki Parmeshwar ki shakti ke maadhyam se, “Mainne chitrlekh (hieroglyphs) se Mormon ki Pustak ka anuwaad kiya, jiska gyaan duniya ko kho gaya tha jisame mai akela khada tha, ek anajaan yuva, saansaarik gyaan ka mukaabla karne ke liye, aur athaarah ka agyaan ek nae revelaishan ke saath sadiyon.”11 Pleton ke anuvaad mein Prabhu kee madad - ya raevelaishan, isliye bolne ke liye bhi spasht hai - jab chamatkaari roop se Joseph Smith ne unhen anuvaad karne ke liye liya tha.12
Joseph ke shaastron ne Parmeshwar ki shakti ki gawahi di jo Mormon ki Pustak ke anuvaad par kaam karte samay prakat hui thi. Oliver Cowdery ne kaha: “Ye din kabhi na bhulane vaale din the—swarg ki prernase tay ki gai aavaaz ke niche baithna, is bhonde ka atyant aabhaar jagaaya! Din par din, mai uske munh se likhne ke liye, abaadhit rup se jaari raha, jaisa ki usne anuvaad kiya … ‘Mormom ki Pustak ka.’”13
Etihaasik sroton se pata chalta hai ki jis samay se 1827 me Joseph ne pleten praapt ki, unse unhe chori karne ka prayaas kiya gaya tha. Unhonne ullekh kiya ki “sabse kathor parishram ka upayog se [pleten ka] [usse]praapt karne ke liye kiya gaya tha” aur yah ki “pratyek starikaran ka aavishkaar kiya ja sakta tha, us uddeshy ke liye sahaara liya gaya tha.”14 Ant me Joseph aur Emma ko antatah Manchester, New York, Harmony, Pennsylvania se sthaanaantarit karne ke liye majboor kiya gaya tha, anuvaad ke kaam ke liye aage badhane ke liye ek surakshit jagah dhoondhana, bheed aur un logon se dur ek surakshit jagah khojne ke liye jo plet chori karana chaahate the.15 Ek itihaasakaar not ke rup me: “Is prakaar pleton par Joseph ki sanrakshakata ka pahala kathin charan samaapt ho gaya. … Fir bhi rikord surakshit tha, aur unhen sanrakshit karne ke liye unke sangharsh me, Joseph ko koi sandeh nahin tha ki Parmeshwar aur manushy ke tarikon ke baare me bahut kuch sikha hai jo aane vaale samay me unki achchi tarah se sewa karenge.”16
Mormon ki Pustak ka anuwaad karte hue, Joseph ne sikha ki Prabhu pleton ko dekhne ke liye gawaaho ka chayan karega.17 Yah woh baat hai jo Prabhu Khudh hi ne svayan sthaapit ki thi, jab unhonne kaha, “Do ya teen gavaahon ke munh me har shabd sthaapit ho sakta hai.”18 Oliver Cowdery, David Whitmer, aur Martin Harris is yug me Parmeshwar ke adbhut kaam ki sthaapna me Joseph ke shuruaati saathi the aur pahale gavaahon ne Mormon ki Pustak ki ek vishesh gavaahi ko sahan karne ke liye bulaaya tha duniya par. Unhonne gavaahi di ki ek devdut, jo Prabhu ki upasthiti se aaya tha, ne unhen praacheen rikord dikhaaya aur unhonne pleton me utkeern paatron ko dekha. Woh bhi gavaahi di aur unhonne swarg se Parmeshwarr ki aavaaz ko yah ghoshna karte hue woh rikod ki anuwaad Parmeshwar ke uphaar aur shakti dwara kiya gaya hai. Fir unhen puri duniya me iski gavaahi dene ki aagya di gai.19
Prabhu ne chamatkaari rup se sone ki pleton ko dekhne ke liye aur duniya ke lie Mormon ki Pustak ke saty aur devatv ke vishesh gavaah banane ke liye ek aur aath gavaahon ko bulaaya. Unhonne gawahi di woh utkeern paatron ko bhi dekha aur dhyaan se dekha. Yaha tak ki durbhaagye, virodhi, sabhi prakaar ki kathinaiyon ke beech, aur yaha tak ki unme se kuch bad me apne vishwaas me ladakhadaate hue, in gyaarah chune gae Mormon ki Pustak gavaahon ne kabhi bhi apne gavaahi se inkaar nahin kiya ki unhonne pleton dekhi thi. Joseph Smith akele nahin the, Moroni ki yaatra aur sone pleton ke gyaan ke saath.
Lucy Mack Smith ne darj kiya gavaahon ko pleton dikhae jaane ke baad unka beta khushi ke saath ghar aaya. Joseph ne apne maata-pita ko samajhaaya, “Mujhe lagta hai ki jaise main ek bojh se chutkaara pa gaya tha jo mere liye sahan karna bahut bhaari tha, aur yah meri aatma ko prasann karta hai, ki main ab duniya me puri tarah se akela nahin rahunga.”20
Joseph Smith ko Mormon ki Pustak ki chapai me bahut virodh ka saamna karna pada kyunki iska anuwaad samaapt ho gaya. Woh New York ke Palmyra me Egbert B. Grandin naam ka ek printar ko samajhaane me saksham tha, Marti Harris ke baad hi ise print karne ke liye, mahaan vishwaas aur balidaan ke kaarye me, mudran laagat ke liye sampaarshvik ke rup me apne khet ko giraee rakh diya. Mormon ki Pustak ke prakaashan ke baad jaaree virodh ke kaaran, Martin Harris ne prakaashan laagaton ka bhugataan karne ke liye apne khet ki 151 ekad (0.6 km2) jameen ko imaanadaari se bech diya. Joseph Smith ko diye gae ek revelaishan ke maadhyam se, Prabhu ne Martin Harris ko nirdesh diya ki weh apni sampatti ka lobh na karen aur pustak ki chhapai ki laagat ka bhugataan karen jismen “saty aur Parmeshwar ka vachan shaamil tha.”20 March1830 me, Mormon ki Pustak ki pahali 5,000 pratiyaan prakaashit hui aur aaj, 180 se adhik miliyan pratiyaan sau se adhik bhaashaon me chhapi hai.
Etihaasik tathy aur Mormon ki Pustak ke vishesh gavaah is baat ki gavaahi dete hain ki iska aage aana vaastav mein chamatkaaritha. Fir bhi, is pustak ki shakti kewal iske shaanadaar itihaas me nahin balki iske shaktishaali, adviteey sandesh par aadhaarit hai.isane anaginat zindagiyon ko badal diya hai - jismen mera bhi shaamil hai!
Mainne pahali baar Mormon ki Pustak puri padhi thi jab mai ek yuva semineri chhaatr tha. Jaisa ki mere shikshakon ne sujhaaya hai, mainne ise apne parichay prshthon ke saath padhna shuru kiya. Pustak ke pahale pannon me nihit vaada abhi bhi mere dimaag me goonj raha hai: “Apane [dilon me] vichaar phir Parmeshwar se [vishvaas me] yadi pustak saty hai to Masih ke naam par. Jo log is paathyakram ka pichha karte hai … Pavitr Aatma ki shakti dwara iski sachchai aur divyata ki gavaahi denge.”22
Maan me us vaade ke saath, eemaanadaari se iske baare me aur adhik jaanane ki koshish kar raha tha, aur prarthana ki bhaavana mein, mainne Mormon ki Pustak ka adhyayan kiya, bahut kam, jaisa ki mainne saaptaahik saumpa madarasa paath pura kiya. Mujhe yaad hai, jaise yah kal tha, ki ek garm bhaavana dheere-dheere meree aatma mein soojan aur mere dil ko bharane lagee, meree samajh ko prabuddh kar rahee hai, aur adhik se adhik aanandamay ho rahee hai, jaisa ki alma ne apane logon ko Parmeshwar ke upadesh mein varnit kiya hai.23 Wah bhaavana antatah gyaan mein badal gai jisane mere dil mein jaden jama leen aur is pavitr pustak mein pai gai mahatvapurn ghatanaon aur shikshaon ki meri gavaahi ka aadhaar ban gaya.
In anamol vyaktigat anubhavon ke maadhyam se, Mormon ki Pustak vaastav mein kiston ban gaya jo Ishu Masih mein mere vishwaas aur Unke susamaachaar ke siddhaant kee meree gavaahi ko banae rakhata hai. Yah un stambhon me se ek ban gaya jo Masih ke divy praayashchit balidaan ke liye meri gavaahi dete hain. Yah us avishvaas ke khilaaph meri dhaal ban gaya, jis par virodhee mere man mein din-pratidin bhadakane ki koshish karata hai, aur mujhe saahasapurvak duniya ke lie Uddhaarkarta ki meri gavaahi ki ghoshana karane ki himmat di.
Mere pyaare doston, Mormon ki Pustak gavaahi mere dil ke liye chamatkaar ke roop24 par aai. Aaj tak, yah gawahi badhti rahti hai kyunki main lagaataar khoj karta hoon, sachche dil se, is shaastr ki asaadhaaran pustak me Parmeshwar ke shabd ko puri tarah se samajhne ke liye.
Aaj jo bhi meri aavaaj sunta hai, mai aapko apne jivan me Mormon ki Pustak ki shaandari bhumika ka hissa banane ke liye aamantrit karta hoon. Main aapse vaada karta hoon ki jaise aap prarthana karte hai aur lagaataar iske shabdon ka adhyayan karte hai, aap apne jiwan me iske vaadon aur samrddh aashirvaadon ka hissa ban sakte hai. Mai ek baar fir vaada karta hoon ki iske prshthon ke maadhyam se pratidhvanit hota hai: ki yadi aap “Parmeshwar, Anant pita, Masih ke naam par, yadi ye baaten saty nahin hain, puchte hai; aur yadi tum sachche dil se, sachche iraade ke saath, Masih me vishwaas rakhne ke saath puchhoge, “wah daya karke” Pavitr Aatma ki shakti se aapke saamane iska saty prakat karega.”26 Main aapko aashvaasan de saata hoon ki vah aapko bahut hi vyaktigat tarike se jawaab dega, jaisa ki usne mere liye aur duniya bhar me kai any logon ke liye kiya hai. Aapka anubhav aapke liye utna hi shaanadaar aur pavitr hoga jitna ki Joseph Smith ke anubhav unke liye the, saath hi pahale gavaahon ke liye aur un sabhi ke liye jinhonne is pavitr pustak ki akhandata aur vishvasaniyata ka gavaah paane ki koshish ki hai.
Main apni gawaahi dena chahata hai ki Mormon ki Dharamshaastra Parmeshwar ki sachchi vaani hai. Main gawaahi deta hoon ki yah pavitr abhilekh “susamaachaar ke siddhaanton ko saamane rakhta hai, uddhaar ki yojna ko rekhaankit karta hai, aur purushon ko bataata hai ki unhen is jiwan me shaanti praapt karne ke liye aur jiwan me aane vaale anant uddhaar ke liye kya karna chaahiye.”26 Mai gawwaai deta hoon ki yah hamaare din me Israel ki sabha me laane aur logon ko Unke Putr Ishu Masih ko jaanane me madad karne ke liye Parmeshwar ka saadhan hai. Main gavaahi deta hoon ki Parmeshwar hamaare saath rahata hai aur humko pyaar karta hai aur Uska beta, Ishu Masih, duniya ka Uddhaarkarta hai hamare dharm ki mukhy konaston hai. Aur mai in cheejon ko hamare Muktidaata, hamaare Guru aur hamaare Prabhu, yahaan tak ki Ishu Masih ke pavitr naam me bhi kahta hoon.